Meaning of RECREANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'rekreeunt
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- [n] a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- [n] an abject coward
- [adj] lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser
- [adj] having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
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| | Synonyms: | | apostate, coward(a), cowardly, craven, craven, deserter, disloyal, fearful, poltroon, ratter, renegade, renegade |
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\Rec"re*ant\ (-ant), a. [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire,
recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as
conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered
in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who
are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere
to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow
one's opinion. See {Creed}.]
1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle;
yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. ``This recreant
knight.'' --Spenser.
2. Apostate; false; unfaithful.
Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant
to God, ingrate and false. --Milton.
\Rec"re*ant\, n.
One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a
mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. --Blackstone.
You are all recreants and dastards! --Shak.
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